Over 100 Girl Scouts presented with awards

July 11, 1963 – More than 2,000 persons were expected to attend a clinic designed to help with oral cancer detection. Area doctors and dentists pictured in the Tribune who were to help with the clinic were Drs. William Sandbo, J.G. Gilman, L.F. Irgen, R.F. Fredeen, I.S. Benson, W.W. Larson, F.S. Stone and Bert Kolp. The public from four counties was invited to have themselves checked for oral cancer at the clinic.

The annual Waterama parade was shaping up with 92 units already scheduled to march. Chairs A.C. Hedine and Louis Flom had announced that there would be at least 27 bands and a drum and bugle corps. Parade marshal was to be Dr. I.S. Benson, longtime Glenwood dentist. Waterama queen Carol Hustad would head the list of queens and other dignitaries. 

Over 100 Girls Scouts were presented awards at the annual banquet of the organization. Fourth graders, for example, who picked up pins and wings were Gail Bengston, Terri Boyle, Vicki Beckinridge, Beth Blair, Candy Chapman, Anita Christenson, Ann Fingerson, Mary Gaffaney, Janis Hoplin, Jeannette Ihnen, Susan Keacher, Joanne Kollodge, Margaret Kuhns, Susan Olson, Ann Pratt, Gail Sandvig, Stephanie Rosten, Judy Sutton, Diane Warfield, Pam Weber and Marjory Swenson.

July 12, 1973 – A Glenwood man was the county’s first highway fatality of the year. He was killed when his car rolled over near Sedan. 

The Glenwood school board was in the process of interviewing candidates for the principal’s position. Among the candidates was Martin Mathre, a Glenwood native. 

Cliff Hansen, who had taught and coached at Glenwood High School and seen the Glenwood football field named in his honor, retired from his job at the school. He ended 39 years of teaching and coaching, 29 of them in the Glenwood district. He and his wife, Bea, would move to Lake Miltona where they had a cabin. 

July14, 1983 – Lauren and Irene Sansness and their family were pictured on their Centennial Farm, which had been in the Sansness family for over 100 years. Martin Sansness, Lauren’s great-grandfather, had homesteaded the farm in 1883 when he arrived from Norway.

The Tribune reported that “you can almost hear corn growing.” Sizzling temperatures and heavy rains in the county had brought conditions nearly ideal for the corn crop. Jack Morris, Pope County extension agent, called the outlook for county farmers “real good.”

Work had begun on the county historical society’s log building to be erected next to the museum building. The building was expected to cost the county historical society around $45,000.

July 12, 1993 – In a strong turnout for a special election, Glenwood voters approved a referendum question to change the zoning of three lots at the intersection of Third Street Northeast and Minnesota Avenue from residential to commercial. A total of 666 voters cast ballots on the subject, 40 percent of the city’s 1,656 registered voters. A total of 418 voted yes and 243 voted no. One ballot was blank and four were defective. Of the total votes cast, nearly 10 percent were absentee ballots.

A number of people were on hand as a ribbon was cut on the new Cellular 2000 cell site south of Glenwood. Pictured in the Tribune were Brian Long of the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce; Jim Satterlund, executive director of the chamber; Don Schaub, mayor of Glenwood; Cal Shuckhart of Glenwood Telephone; Rick Ekstrand, president of Cellular 2000 and a resident of Lowry; Doug Berg of Cellular 2000; and Keith Bentler of Glenwood Township. Glenwood was currently served by a temporary tower while Cellular 2000 sought permission to put up a 420-foot tower. The cell site was to serve Cellular 2000 mobile telephone customers in the area and, when completed, was to represent an investment of over $300,000.

July 14, 2003 – A two-acre patch of Eurasian watermilfoil has been found along the southeast shore of Lake Minnewaska. Department of Natural Resources experts examined the site and determined that the new weed growth was indeed the dreaded form of the watermilfoil. The patch had been marked with buoys, and the area had been treated with a chemical herbicide designed to kill invasive weeds. 

Richard Gandrud, chairman of Eagle Bank in Glenwood, had been inducted into the Minnesota Bankers Association (MBA) “Pioneer Club.” Membership in the club was exclusive to bankers with 50 or more years in banking. Gandrud was presented with a plaque spelling out the accomplishment at the MBA’s annual meeting in St. Paul. Gandrud was also a past president of the MBA.

July 8, 2013 – Residents from South Shore Drive in Starbuck packed the board room and spilled into the hallway at Tuesday’s Pope County board meeting, hoping to have their voices heard. They were concerned about the amount of field runoff water coming mostly from the south side of County Road 18, leaving a path of destruction across their properties and depositing large amounts of sediment and silt into Lake Minnewaska. 

Thanks to vision, care and dedication, there is a building in Glenwood that has stood the test of time and become a symbol for the power of volunteerism. This year, the Ann Bickle Heritage house celebrates 100 years as a fixture in our community.